Cap for tin or other metal cans.



. 'PATENTEDJULY28.,1908.v

H v E. TAYLOR. I v

GAP FOR TIN OR OTHER METAL curs. APPLICATION FILEDAPR. 23, N96.

EUGENE H. Tarpon, or ratho'sra. crown.

car For-g TIN R OTHERME'TAL' cans.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28. 1908.

Application filed Apri1'23, 1906. Serial No. 313.355.

, To all whom it ana /concern.

Be it known that I, EUGENE H. TAYLoR,'a citizen of the United States, residingat Valdosta, in the county of Lowndes and State of 5 Georgia, have invented a new and useful Cap for Tin or other Metal Cans or Packages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in caps for syrup, fruit juices, milk or other sheet metal cans or packages, articularly to those containing goods of. sue a nature as requires processing to insure their keeping qualities, but may be used on any can or package whether the contents requires procl5 essmg or not. I

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap serviceable extending double or inner seal cap, composed of a base extending cap,'

made of taggers tin or other suitable metal 2o adapted to'having a hole cut in the top of same and when so out forms a pouring nozzle to;v can or other package having a creased filling hole, the base cap being provided with an extending top cap, which fits on base cap closely and is held in position by friction.

The'to cap acting as closure to the package aftert e base cap has been cut. The cap to be composed of such sim le elements as to be easily and cheaply ma e and'of such constru'ction as .to be less liable to gather dust,

dirt or collect germs than those usually found in use. Especially designed to be used in packing syrup, molasses, fruit juices,-milk,

, paints, oils or other goods which are sealed by soldering at I the time the goods are packed, and remain under seal till it is desired to use the same, at which time the base cap is cut in the top and the top cap is made to act as a closure for the package, removing 40 and replacing same at will, as contents are emptied from time to time. i

To the ends stated, my, invention consists of a closure forcans or other sheet metal packages as herein set forth, reference being ad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, shows a section ofa can of ordinary construction with the different elements of the cap assembled in place. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the outer cap and the sealing ca 3, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing t he sealing cap after it has been opened.

My complete device is shown in Fig. 1

where 'Arepresents the body of a can of any suitable "shape. The can is provided with an annular cover B having the usual filling cut.

opening I) at the cent er, and the edge of such opening is turned upward so ask form a flange b.

' For the purpose of closing the opening in so the top of the can I employ a sealing cap C, This cap is made of thin sheet metal, preferably of taggers tin or any suitable metal that can be readily cut with a knife. and consists of a cylindrical neck part, c, a to c and an 5 outwardly extending flange 0 below the cylindrical neck. This sealing cap is stamped up from a single piece of sheet metal and is obviously without seams. After the can has been filled the cap C is placed over the filling opening I) and secured in'place by soldering the flange c of thesealing capto the'upturned flange b of the annular top, thus forming a hermetic closure for the can. I

D represents an outer cap having a depending cylindrical flange (Z which is adapted to fit over the cylindrical neck 0 ofthe sealing cap. v The outer cap D conforms closely insha eto the sealing cap C and is held thereon by friction. I go When it is desired to open the can, the outer cap D is removed and the top a of the sealing cap C is either punctured or cut away so as to form a pouring opening. If only a part of thecontents is removed, then the 35 outer cap ID is replaced, which therefore serves as a closure for the can-until all the contents have been removed.

By my invention I provide a chea simple closure for cans or other packages t at may be easily assembled in and soldered into the filling hole of a'can after it has been filled. The extending sealing cap is adapted to being out out in the top, thereby forming a pouring nozzle to facilitatethe pouring of the '95 contents from the package. The ca being composed of a very few and; simple e ements may be cheaply made and is free from screw threads or other objectionable features of so many closures, in that it is less liable to 001- 10c lect dirt or germs during the time of packing processing or afterwards while stored in stock -or during the time consumed.

The outer cap is made to fit over the sealing cap closely andretains its place 'by fri'ction and may be removed, and replaced at will, thereby forming a closure for thepackage after the top of the sealing cap has been Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect with a'patent 1s: In'a can. the combination of a cover having a filling openng, an upturned flange Iorms a pouring nozzle,- and an outer cap around such opening, a sealmg cap of thm snugly fitting on said neqk and serving as a 10 sheet metal consistmiof a neck and an out'- closure after the toppart of the sealing cap turned flange below t e neok,'saidflange on has been cut away. 5 the sealing cap being secured to the u turned I EUGENE H. TAYLOR.

flange on the cover, the, top part of t e seal- Witnesses:

ing cap being adapted to be cutaway where- WM. EDWARDS,

by the remaining part of the sealing cap F. A. EDWARDS. 

